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The Irish standard., 1887-12-31
AiIeeg,'s Wedding Day.
Written for the Catholic Home Almanac.
by ANNA T. sADLZER.

It was a lovely evening in June. The
shrush sang Ter wild melody to the sky.
which was agow with the tender bush
rose pink the settling sun had left at his
departure. The grass, thickly strewn
with fox.g|ove and meadow-sweet, made
dainty caroet underneath the feet OF
Aileen O'Connor, who thoughtful, even
sad. came up TO the bohreen. She
atooped all at once and leaned upon the
hedge. crushing fragrance from the
sweet brier, and letting its thorns
r,ierce her arm unheeded. Her eyes
were fixed upon the hill of Tara, which.
distinct against the sky, reared it's bold
front to heaven, a witness forever OF
the faith which had been preached
upou its summit. sMebbe it's for the
last time,' said Aileen, that I'm lookin'
upon it: the last time
After Z. moments pause she again,
deliberately, as if arguing with hsrse'1
AGAINST certain convictions which arose
in her mind.
.Perhaps not for the last time, either
Mebbe he'll keep his promise and bring
ne back. And sure I'm goin' not i'll
sorrow and in want like many of 'em
about me, but to ease and p}enty-but
oc1. och. I'll miss 'em all sorely. hill.
and valley, and the blade OF grass under
nv feet, and the very stars that come
out night after night above my head'
and most Of all
Ma colleen, ma colleen
a thin, quavering voice, evidently
that Of an old woman was heard call
ing from a cottage, which standing at
little distance, was III some respects
SUPERIOR to the wretched novels which
80 often disgrace the fair fertile coun-
ty. of Meath. There was All air ct
cleanliness. and Of order about it that
! snoke well forts inmates.
Aileen paused moment to gather a
cluster of the purple fox-glove, pressed
Il first to her lips and fastening ln her
dress, ran lightly towards the open 't
] door Of the cottage, near which sat a
5s $weman. on who, though evidently IL ex-
fs, ! #trenne Old age, bore about her the re-
ma mains Il of personal beauty, and q refine
{ nlent ften seen 5in persons OF her class las
M s LrelaIu Her dark ewes Whlch il',ll
EIspark a1 intel ligence, her well
', a,cut m el' Rray hair hair
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READ and BE CONVINCED
-BETTEEN :
ST. PAUL and MINNEAPOLIS and

EAU CLAIRE, MADISON, JAN ELS
WILLIE. a, dCHICAG0. Two trains
day each way, with through sleep
ers and dining cars.
DULUTH, SUPERIOR and ASHLAND.
Night trains each way with through
sletpers. Morning trains each way
with through parlor cars:
Sioux CITY, COUNCIL BLUFEs and
OMAHA. Through sleeping cars each
way.
P1ERRE.-Sleeping Car to Tracy.
ST. JOSEPH. ATCH1soE. E.LEAvENWORrH
and KANSAS CITY. Through Pullman
Blff-t sleepers.
MANKAro, DEs MONIES, CHARLTON,
ST. JOSEPH. ATCHJ>oN, LEAvEN-
WORTH and KANSAS CITY. Through
combination char and sleeping cars
KAsoTA. .MANK ATT, ST JAMES, WORTH
INGTON. SIBLEY. LEMARs. and SIOUX
Cry. Day trains each way with ele-
CANT par!or cars.
This service has been arranged with a single
view TO the comfort and convenience of the ira
urious acconu oelations between the above
named points
For time tables and all other information ap-
ply to any ticket agent, ort .
Z. w. TEASDALE, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
j. s. Mot!ULLOUGH, NJ. NJ. w HELLER,
sss. W 81. 81. PAUL. PA MINI. nSi - 49,
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With their WINS of woe ssEI5.i
stI And their storms of tears, i
And their darkest Of nights, whose shadewy
slopes
Are lit with the flashes Of starriest hopes,
And their sunshinv days on whose calm
heavens looul
The clouds Of the tempest-the shadows of
gloom.
And ah! we pray
With grief so drear,
That the years may stay
When their graves are near,
Tho the hrows Of tomorrow be radiant and
bright,
With love and with beauty, with life and with
light,
Tho dead hearts of yesterdays, cold on the
bier,
To the hearts that survive them are evermore
dear,
For the heart so true
no each Old Year cleayes;
Tho the hand of the New,
FloHery garlands weaves.
nut the flowers of the future, though fra"
grant and fair,
py;Ib 1na r,as,'s w;thered leaflets may meyer
~ ttA aAAo s'"''1 "''~'S~O~
compare;
For dear is each dear !eaf-and dearer each
thorn--
IN 4i,c wreatns which the brows of Our past
verses have worn.
Yes men will cling
With love to the last.
And wildly fling
Their arms around tho past,
Az the vine that cings to the oak that falls;
AZ the ivory swings r5u:id the cru,nDlGd Walls;
Trr the dust OF the past some hearts higher
prize,
Than ,he stars nat dRsE, out from the futute's 8
nright skies.
And why not SO?
The old, old years.
They knew a,ld they know
All our hopes an6 fears.
We walked by 1heir sids4 aud We told them
each grief,
And tnoy kissed o@ our tears while they wills
pered relief:
And tha stories Of hearts that may not Do re-
= Yaaied,
I'm the hearts OF the dead years are onnee ara
scaled.
Let the New l. E1E Ding
AT the Old Years grave;
VIII the New Year bring
What the Old Year gave2
AN, .s,e stranger year trips over the SHOWS,
And ,;ie brow Is wreathed with m'ny rose;
ant how many ti.orns do the roscs conceal
{yh;cn the rose, when Withe red: shall soon re-
venit
Let the New Year smile
When the Old Year dies;
III how short willie
Shall tho smiles be sighs2
yea, 6trapaer-Y ear, taou hast many charm,
And thy face ia fair and they greetings warn'
Hnt, dsxrer than thou in his shroud OF SHOWS,
"a the furrowed tnce Of the Tear that Foee.
Veal bright New Yesr,
Uer ell the earth,
With song and cheer.
They will hall they birth.
Vsoy will trust ting words in single nourv
Taey will love thy face, they Will land shy
power,
Sos. tha New has charms which the Old hae not
And the stranger's face makes the Friend S
forgot,
The Irish standard., 1887-12-31

eE No OTHER LINE CAN
SHOW SUCH A RECORD. .RA
The Irish standard., 1887-12-31
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TICKET OFFICES:

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CHICAGO-GrandP Pacific Hote..
House. SS
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eyv Passenger ST tatiOn ssFF FFiE EsSSs
ST. AUL- 17s East Third Street
ST. PAUL-Un on Depot. st5
MlNNEAPOL LlS--l9 Nicolet III 1use Block. IA s$5
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On December 81, the sun completed
its apparent movement to the south
ward, which has been in progress for
the past Eve months. On June 81 it
had reached the extreme limit Of its
northerly journey, and since that date
until December 21, it has been conrsine
steadily in the reverse direction. Each
day the points of its rising and setting
were farther to the soulhWard than
those Of the dav preceding, and the
length of the daily path which it trav
ersed in its passage across the hrma
-nent continually lessened, and the dur.
alton Of DAYLIGHT shortened. On De-
cember 21 the suns southerly move
ments ended, the days length reached
its minimum, and the opposite move
ment began which will be completed,
as before, ,son June Fl next.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-31
Northern Pacific Railroad
NEW OVERLAND ROUTE

Portland, Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest
The 'Pioneer Line between St. Paul. Min.
neapolis, Mourhead and Fargo, and the ONLY
line running Dining Cars and Pullman sleep
ers between rhuse points.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-04-28
TRAPPING GRIZZLIES.
How Savage Monsters OF the Eastern
Mountains Were Caught with Mice.

-
Mountains Were Caught with Mice.
"In the days speak of, we used to
think there was more danger in trap
ping the grizzly bear than there was
in chasing him with the rifle. l dare
say from most of my old hunting
grounds the grizzly bear was driven
long ago, and probably the method of
trapping these monsters has changed
since then. Our traps used to be pom
derous iron implements, weighing be-
tween forty and fifty pounds, and with
steel jaws worked by springs so stiff
that it required two men, using lever,
to force them. down so the jaws of the
trap could be set and held open by the
easily sprung pan. To the trap strong
chain was attached, with an iron ring
six inches in diameter at the other end.
This ring was driven on to one end of a
log probably six feet in length, and large
enough around to have the ring fit
tightly, so that it could not be pulled
off. The ring was forced on the stick
six inches or so, the heavy piece of
wood serving as hindrance to the
bear when the trap was sprung
on his foot, and he began to retreat to
his tangled haunts. A great deal OF
cunning had to be used in setting
trap for grizzly, for he is almost
as suspicious as the fox, and
will frequently desert what has
the appearance of good meal
if he makes up his mind that there
is danger lurking near He would
never hesitate to risk danger that he
could see positively confronting him in
the way of hunter Or dog, but a sus-
picious-looking object the nature of
which he could not understand was
enough to start him off about some
other business. 1t seems strange to
think of great, blood-thirsty beast,
weighing twelve hundred pounds, hunt
ing and devouring such insignificant
things as ground mice and moles, and
even grubs and crickets, but grizzly
bear will do that all day long. After
several failures to trap big, old griz-
Fly that was prowling about our camp,
l one day thought would try batting
him with ground-mice, and after long
search l secured dozen of these
squeaking little creatures. l covered
my trap with some small, dead
branches, giving them as natural an
appearance as l could, and tied half
dozen mice to pegs in the ground just
beyond the trap. In less than an hour
that bear had one of his great forepaws
in the trap and l loaded him with rifle
balls before he got half a mile away.
1t wasn't always possible to get mice
to lure these immense, hulking, swag-
gering bears to the trap, but whenever
l could do so l never used any thing
elSe.-N. Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-04-28
WEDDING NOTIONS,
English Kinds Eagerly Adopted by ths
Upper-Tendom OF New York.

English Kinds Eagerly Adopted by the
Upper-Tendom OF New York.
English ideas are followed in fash
ionable New York weddings. Instead
of retinue of gentlemen equal in num-
ber to the bridesmaids, the groom
selects ''best man." who arranges
all the business and social formalities
of the wedding. Invitations are now
engraved upon one sheet of paper, the
separate cards of the bride and groom
being seldom in use. The paper is
thick, fine and shaped so as to fold
once. If cipher, monogram or crest of
the brides family be used, it should not
be printed in colors, and the center of
the top of the page is the proper posi-
ton for it. Reception and church
cards are inclosed with it. Friends
who wear mourning costumes should
enter the church early and conceal
themselves so that their sable raiment
may escape the eyes of the bridal pair,
for black is ominous at a wedding.
The orange blossom is no longer
requisite of the ceremony. The bride
in white is ornamented with natural
flowers, which may be of any variety.
The bridesmaids, in delicate colors,
wear no trains, and their costumes are
far less grand than the brides. They
may wear picturesque hats or bonnets
with short, white tulle wells, and they
can carry baskets or fans of flowers in
colors to suit their compilations; but
the fashoning of their dresses is
limited by the styles of one period. if
they are not, as they frequently are,
historic. 1t is not uncommon for the
ladies of bridal parties to copy a nota-
BILE picture by their garments and Golf
fures. The bride often carries a sump-
tHoasly hound prayer book, also bot,-
quet or fan of lilies of the valley, white
carnations, or other delicate blossoms.
After the breakfast, or in case of a
reception before the guests disperse.
the bride and groom retire to their
dressing-rooms quietly, taking no
leave of any one, and prepare for their
departure. They don their travelling
attire, and only few favored or espe-
cially invited friends remain with the
bridesmaids and ushers to throw rice
and worn slippers after their carriage.
The "best man" has already gone to
the train or steamer to look after their
luggage, and to see them off without
vexation or care-taking. No one asks
them whittier they are fitting, such a
question being considered in bad taste.
The "best man" only, is aware of the
direction in which the honeymoon is
rising, and he is not likely to speak of
his knowledge.-M. Y. Cor. 81. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-04-28
X NAUTICAL LAMENT.
Recalling the Blessed Days When the
Steamship Was Yet a Rarity.

Steamship Was Yet Rarity.
Only think of the old East Indiaman;
four months for Captain Thunder and
Miss Spooner to be together, to start
with; four months, and perhaps longer,
with possibly Lieutenant Griffin to give
swift maturity to emotion by import
ing a neat and useful element of
jealousy. Oh, if moonlight and music
and feeling are one ashore what are
they at sea, on the deck of a sleeping
fabric lifting visionary wings to the
lovely stars, when the sea fire flashes
like sheet lightning to the soft surge of
the ships bows or counter upon the
light fold of the invisible swell. when
the westering moon, crimsoning as she
sinks, wastes her hearts blood in the
deep for love of what she is painfully
and ruefully leaving, when the dew
upon the bulwarks sparkles like some
diamond incrustations to the STAR
light, when the peace of the richly
clad night presses like q sensible bene-
diction upon the breathless, enchanted,
listening ship, subduing all sounds of
gear crcaking in blocks, of chains
clanking to the stirring of the rudder,
to tender music in sweetest harmony
with the fountain-like murmur at the
bows as the vessel quietly lifts to the
long-drawn heave there-think of it!
was there ever bower by Bendemeer's
stream comparable as corner for the
delicate whispers of passion, for the
coy reception of kisses with some quiet
nook on the white quarter deck, shad-
owed from the stars and protected
from the dew by the awning? If you
thrill now it is because the whole ship
shakes with the whirling and thrashing
of those mighty beams of steel below.
Emotion must be blatant or it can not
be heard. Not yet has generation
that knows am speaking the truth in
all this, passed away. Confirm me, We
scores of elderly master mariners en-
joying your well-earned repose in spots
hard by that ocean We loved and sailed
for years! Confirm me, too, We many
survivors of a sea-going time, when the
most blissful hours of your long and
respectable lives were passed under the
shadow of the cross-jack yard!-W
Clark Russell, in the Gentleman's Maqa-
zi,zp
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-04-28
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

In the Princeton Theological Sem
mary there is student sixty-eight
years old.
Exclusive of the Isthmus of Pana-
ma, there is only one ordained mission
airy in all the northwestern part of
South America.
The Presbyterians of Australia are
proposing to raise f50,000 for church
extension, extinction of church debts,
for and ministerial training.
Rev. DIR. Bartol, the veteran Uni
tartan minister of Boston, will celebrate
the 50th anniversary of his ordina-
ton, and the 150th anniversary his
church.
In the Theological Seminary at
Richmond, Va, there are sixty stu
dents, colored men, one-fourth of
whom are preparing for missionary
work in Africa.
The College of New Jersey, better
known as Princeton, is 140 years old.
Its new catalogue shows Z fellows, 88
graduate students, 80 scientific and
376 academic students; a total of $50.
The library now numbers over 10000
volumes.
The Presbyterian Banner makes
mention of James Thompson, an Irish
Presbyterian elder, who removed to
this country over hundred years ago, Of
whose descendants one son, nine grand
sons and seven great grandsons be-
came ministers of the gospel and mis-
sionaries.
Two years ago some of the stu
dents of Cornell University, thinking
that much good might be derived from
literary organization modelled after our
National Congress, set about it, and
formed such society and named it
the Cornell Mock Congress. At pres
ent the membership is about sixty.
They meet once week, conduct busi-
ness as nearly as possible like the Ma
tional Congress, and, as its name i'm
plies, discuss such questions as does
their elder brother at Washington
Ithaca (N. Y. Journal.
"A gentleman of an investigating
turn of mind has taken the trouble to
ascertain accurately how many days
the children of Mexico lost from school
during 1886. Here is the result: 50
Sundays, 26 Saturdays A National feast
days, 45 days of vacation, and so Cath
olic holidays, making total of III
days, and leaving only 1873 school days.
When we take into consideration the
fact that the most punctual child does
not take advantage of every school
day, we arrive at the conclusion that
the children of this city do not attend
school half of their time. Repub-
Tics, City of Me1ico.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-04-28
THE FAD OF THE DAY.
How Washington Statesmen Supply Them
selves With n stock of Electricity,


selves with stock of Electricity.
81 think I'll take my electricity, said
Q member of Congress as he came out
of the House into the lobby. "a feel all
worn out; that last speech has almost
exhausted me. Won't you come alongp"
he asked of a fellow-member.
II don't mind" the second Congress
man replied. 81 think little will do
me good, too"
The two members got on the elevator
and went down to the basement to take
their electricity. 1t is quite the "fad"
nowadays for the members to take elec-
tricity. An electric apparatus has been
fixed up in the engine-room in the base
ment, and daily the members avail
themselves of the opportunity to get
freshened up. A board, with a tooth
piece of copper, is placed beneath the
great belt of the large engine wheel,
and the electricity thus generated is
carried off by a wire attached to the
board, which is long enough to be
grasped by one who sits in chair near
by. The circuit is completed by the
person holding the wire grasping a
small brass chain attached to the railing
around the engines wheel. The system
is thus filed quietly with electricity.
The members say it is splendid after
they have been out TO receptions and
suppers all night, or they have ex-
hausted their brain power by speech
making or listening. A great many
members take electricity, and some go
to the basement of the capitol for it
every day during the session.--Cor.
Baltimore american
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-04-28
One Dollar Per Year.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


Moses Parks, of Reynolds, Ga,
died the other day of measles, aged
ninety-two years.
MIR. Crocker, the California nabob,
has three sons and a daughter to in
herlt his $40, 100000.
Cadet Whitaker, whose injured
ears were the cause of so much con-
troversy at West Point few years ago,
is now member of leading law firm
at Charleston, S. G.
Miss Annie Howard, who was
Queen of the Madi Gras three years
ago, is to give the Crescent City pub
lie library as a memorial of her father.
1t is to cost $50,000.-M. o. Times.
Miss Tillie May Forney, the young
est daughter of the late Colonel John
w. Forney, is now regular member
of the staff of Philadelphia society
journal known as Leisure Hours. She
is bright and trenchant writer.
The latest edict issued by the cult
ured society of Boston is that the use
of pet names should be abandoned.
Mamie is now plain Mary, Lulu be-
comes Lucretia Sallie abandons the
terminal lie, and is written Sarah, etc.
Henry Ward Beecher has discov-
cred the secret of happiness, which
consists Of. looking away from our own
troubles at those of our neighbors, and
learning by comparison how much we
have to be thankful for. Brooklyn
Union.
Jennie June has seen the women
of all nations. and has made up her
mind that American women stand at
the head for health, complexion, taste,
and good temper. She believes that
American men should patronize home
enterprise.
AS an illustration of the growth of
story in repetition the item printed
some time ago about Julian Haw-
thorne's eleven-year-old daughter with
the pedestrian proclivities appears in
far Western paper so distorted that Mr..
Hawthorne is made the father of eleven
daughters, any one of whom is able TO
break the amateur pedestrian record.
Abraham Gould, Jay Gould's
brother, formerly lived in Salt Lake,
and the Tribune says of him: "Many
was the generous act performed by him
while here. He had a fondness for sur
prising very poor people by unloading
coal and chickens and turkeys and veg
etables in their back yards, and when
questioned not knowing any thing
about the affair He was fond of as
suming to be man with bad eye
who could not be approached, except
through much red tape, when all the
time his heart was as soft as a sick
oyster or clearinghouse olive"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-04-28

quite full of water and brought me to,
which explains why | am able to be
here to-day talking to you.
"New Years Eve of '65, that is, the
last day of the year 1864, was the cold.
est day that ever blew in this country.
1t was the great cold winter that peo.
pie who were around and about in
those days still talk about. At ten
O'Clock that night l was sent with
message to a party supposed to live on
Pavonia street. went to the number
given by the sender and failed to find
the person for whom the dispatch was
intended. was told that Pavonla
avenue might have been intended, and
tried that with no success. At last l
found the person on Pavonia place.
The dispatch didn't agree with him
and he invited me to 60 to place the
heat of which would have been mighty
pleasant just about that time. !
started back to New York City, deliv-
cred message there, and started with
another to Brooklyn. Mebbe it wasn't
cold! Why, every time I think of
it l feel as though some one had
chunk of ice at the back of my neck.
My feet were numb, and so were my
hands and face. was plucky. though,
and thought 1 would hold out till l
got the message in. Then l began to
get tired and drowsy and on White
hall street l sat down in the snow, and,
without thought of what would hap
pen, went to sleep. A policeman found
me there, with my message in my hand
and my hands and feet badly FROST
bitten, and carried me into the ferry
house. The message didn't 60 that
night, because was being thawed out,
and, besides, the river was frozen stiff.
II don't think the boys do the things
we used to do during the war. The
demand for gold caused the springing
up of a large number of curbstone
brokers, who were mostly Jews, and
they acted meanly to the boys on
every occasion. We got even, though,
in a rather dangerous way. We
faxed up dispatches about the rise
or fall of gold. Of course it was GRIM
inal, but we did not care so long as we
did our men up. y Chicago NeaDs.